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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>special-case</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="spawn.html" title="spawn"/><link rel="next" href="speed-of-light.html" title="speed of light"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">special-case</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="spawn.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="speed-of-light.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="special-case"/><dt xmlns="" id="special-case"><b>special-case</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> To write unique code to handle input to or situations arising in a
program that are somehow distinguished from normal processing. This would
be used for processing of mode switches or interrupt characters in an
interactive interface (as opposed, say, to text entry or normal commands),
or for processing of <a href="../H/hidden-flag.html"><i class="glossterm">hidden flag</i></a>s in the input of a
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